Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-06-03
POKER JACK. OF KYUsE.
xhe Tragic End OF Ills .ohlla swo ,h,,

The Tragic End OF Ills Child swo theart.
In 1877 tho camp of kyuso, Iii Mon.
tann. was ubout tho wickudust place In
world On three siues by yreaL mountain
walls tnat wcilLup to tho bnos ky ,uiil bat
tied daily ili mighty struaglu, witn lnu
sunlight That MAS uvcrslryihg to ehuot
IOMii 10 tho marrow stroeLs vi thus Ihin-
Ing town.
Un tho fourth stdo of Kyuso wns a ynl.
I, 10y That sti otched away With yruen slopus,
grosscd by innny rivers, " tho Bal
Tho most Impure thing In Kyuso was
Poker Jac1." and tho plrest "Lixu''
Jonos. Oao was u gambler; tho other a
htlio girl WHO sang III thu 1huutro Co.n-
iquc.
1he ono " II man OF brains and
nerva ~, a olal Mrock. whl neither
ionrvu NO., be,on nor tho God above,
Poker Jack ruled kyusu ut tho n,u.zlo
oi MS p.eo. Lis" Jon!s was III years
OH, tho daughter Of tho proprietor Of
THO Cvniluo. a shy, shrinkins child,
with UiB bluo eyes nli-i IL form inoro uol-
iralo Ill outline than Any bullu In kyu.o
could bousl of.
Bat thu chiltl's great ohurm wns her
volcv, Which WIS mellow ami OF mnr,o,l-
GUS purity, Her parents ruAlllcl its
iihniiciui bcmoiL5 l,y putti..y uur Oh tuo,
stage w,.sn sho Was twul,u yours old.
= cry night when ''Llzo' sany tho Conl-
tquo cOiAvI money.
Only Poker Jack, wicked M ho wus.
coul VIII u k.ss or u Bn,llo from ilor,
For HIN sho Lore u tender love. whlIo
got ohu oaw nli Of his sinfulnoss. She
overlooked That, though, brcauso OF his
tohderiuss TO hur. IL wus he WHO
brought her iioweis that spoke 10 hrr
III pur1r, better words tlinii lio y, er used
~ aiiy Other " oinuii. II wus II who bu-
CAME III sense nor guardian. aild snvud
ior from u f-ll tiint comes tuv uiLun ~
girls Us young up sho.
/ ThlH clll -swce. liuart lot hor fancy
nlnio Iiiin hero, nnd 80 Bhu wurshipuI
hii. kyusu watched tho ui.nlr with Il
critical oyc. but Bnld nothing. "l'okur
Jack' wns too good II pistol Shot 10 Do
twitted aoout any alIuir VI that churuc-
tor.
! "LIzo" hated tho comIquo and tho
sonss sho sang ih,re. liver, lh,ig in
ana about Tho place wns typical 10 liur
OF u.i thnt was low nnd duDls,ng In lifu.
4 'Pvker Juck" said ono duy:
| "Litlr one, some day wecl lunvo tho
gambling nnd thu Uonluuu behind us =
you nnd i-nhd 30 over Ito laiiyo nuyrr
" como bnck."
Thht promise sllo nevcr forgot
I Ono hfturtoon In June. 1877. "Llzo"
anu jack wont down to tho valley for q
STROLL "Llzo' was to sing that night,
aud. uB hBunl, tho fnct deprusYpd hur,
| Jack was doing Ills beat 10 churr. but
with little effect, until ho suggested Tint
sho slug ono OF llis fnvorltc songs tint
night. Tho idet OF pleasing HIN took
nor hourt NJ oncu, nnu whom thuy runuhcu
stlie town nie was liuppy.
Tho siaBo boil at tliu C0miquo rang ut
o'oiock tiiat night, and the rnin
rollcd up ai,l ''Lizo" cnmo out, grrutod
With u Hh.rlwini OF applause. She was
drosso unusually pretty In a0ino iusy
her t.ronL u mountain ros,,--Juok'p con.
tributiOh. Slio looked down Oh llie mot
Icy crowd boforo hur until sho caught
his cye. nnd tl,on sho ymllod giud
recognition.
ltwas u terrible position in which to
pluco child. Kyuso society con listed
Of gamblorS aud mincrs AMI evlJlvrs.
Naturally. thon, tho Comiquo was ope
great bnr-room. Tho auditors gsthcrotl
hfounl lublc5, In box-stnll, or IN,
Enil ry. iniOkIng. drinking and talking
Went OH ut ull llliius.
UuIO tho pi, IRON tho stnlls and gal
l'ry. cnilu Claude of BmOke, lt on Wi. b
Polsolicd lorlumo OF ,l,o liuuvrs. II
cllrlci up nnd around to rnltuls IL
gIiosLly siiupc ,-cIrclrd IN OIL tile stage
until u unt ciolud Tho child.
IL .r oycs wcro liked OH in X, hls
Raised to II. rs, and shr was only DirIt,lna
w Him. 80
Tho hoofs of my stecd aro slod W th
ilro slio nuliy, wliIle IN her mind She
was wo: dcring would tho uuy-,irci,ili
OF brttor world over o,iuu truo 10 her
and Jnck. Il 10 . but Illcv !" forgotten
wcro ali but Jnuk ns slio tang tl,Is limo.
this wnlf OF the mountains.
II a b,uc-conted soldier lcnncl acros5
jacks tuDlu uLd spoke to Him. Whnt
liu bii,d ITO ono kiow, Dut iiilL lii. tN O
mcii ncro qua rclIrg WAS ap, urunt.
Il II love liiuo with Il love that sIlnil NOT
dl', was hear {, und ho triideriio.s il,
,Ao tones struck lender chords IN Ja, k's
heart. and nnoko strange memories.
He tLricd lO the soldipr and showed him
Lack 20 Ills Hunt.
AS siio ciimc to tho last line, "Uptll
the leaves OF tho judgment book nfoid,''
she snw Jack und tho boldier rlse Ii, /,
dcadly struggle. pistols lusned In Tho
iir, and 10 the last words FOL. from her
lips, Iiiick, shnrp reports rans o O. tho
llBht, wero cAtinBuisiiud, nIid n inurtlur
VA ,OiiiIuittcu IN Tho Theatre omluue.
As quick us IL came Tho storm blow
pnst. nhd the lights flashed out on.e
inO.U. n
On tho s.age lny "Lize." A stray bull
let had PASSED through hpr lungs and
tho beautiful yoico mas htlshcd forever,
-lPhiludclphi News.
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